Catkin naming conventions issue

asked 2020-10-12 13:13:03 -0500

Bjb0403
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updated 2020-10-12 13:38:04 -0500

gvdhoorn
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I'm having trouble creating a package called 'local_frontiers'

As far as i know, i'm following the correct naming conventions, i have no idea why i'm getting this error.

$ catkin_create_pkg local_frontiers rospy roscpp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/catkin_create_pkg", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('catkin-pkg==0.4.22', 'console_scripts', 'catkin_create_pkg')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/catkin_pkg/cli/create_pkg.py", line 62, in main
    boost_comps=args.boost_comps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/catkin_pkg/package_templates.py", line 143, in _create_package_template
    urls=[])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/catkin_pkg/package_templates.py", line 55, in __init__
    self.validate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/catkin_pkg/package.py", line 316, in validate
    raise InvalidPackage('\n'.join(errors), self.filename)
catkin_pkg.package.InvalidPackage: Package name "local_frontiers" does not follow naming conventions

answered 2020-10-13 01:11:56 -0500

mgruhler

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Seems you added a zero-width space character right in front of the local_frontiers name. catkin_create_pkg (rightfully so) only accepts lower and upper case letters, as well as numbers at the start of the package name.

(you see the zero-width space when you c'n'p the command you posted above, save it to a text file and open this with e.g. vim: catkin_create_pkg <200b>local_frontiers rospy roscpp)